Destination Marfa

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I really liked it as it was an ambitious film for a low budget sci-fi. But I liked it a lot. The third act answered all my questions. But I still feel that I missed quite a bit. I wish there was more of Tony and Stelio in the film as they were by far the strongest performers and then the drop off was pretty significant. The music was also lovely, I'm hoping there's a soundtrack and I wish that I could see this in the theatres. The director thought this out well and I'm curious to see what he does next.

Destination Marfa is an absorbing story. The Twilight Zone and The Hitchiker kinda rolled into one. It wasn't terrifying but it made me think and was far better than I expected it to be. I was captivated by the message and identified with the Hitchhiker more than the others, that was a great performance for sure. Hope it wins more awards and I will be telling folks at work about it. Well done Mr Stapp.

I rarely give such low ratings to movies but I had to say something this time because this IMDb rating, really feels like someone went to a lot of trouble to rig the reviews here. I love independent cinema, I collect Blu-ray's from indie movies but this is one that I won't be watching again for sure. The high reviews here in IMDb feel totally out of place and unreal. Usually it's me on the other side giving great reviews to indie movies that people seem to hate on IMDb. Not this time. This time I totally agree with the bad reviews and I cannot get over the feel that all the excellent opinions were planted by the filmmakers and family or friends. And only them. I love this type of twilight zone story, indie supernatural stories set in small towns tend to work well but not this time. The story on this one is so predictable that I immediately though this was going to be some copy of the classic twilight zone story, The hitchhiker because the concept was evident from the get go. So zero mystery, zero suspense and nothing will amaze you at the end because the new age type spiritual message is so thrown down our throats that it totally ruins the good idea this story obviously had when it comes to the mystery of the lights. The pacing on this movie is really off. Many times it seems takes are left running forever adding unnecessary seconds to many of the scenes making everything extend artificially as if the filmmakers really needed to hit 95 minutes but had no content to go beyond 45. At first I thought the movie was trying to be artsy but soon became evident that was just terrible editing. Perhaps because there was no material to be filmed. Something that worked against the actors too as there are plenty of terrible performances in this that could be avoided with good editing to trim the unnecessary forced moments in many of the lines. The pace in dialogues is so off that it's clear when an actor is just waiting for the other to stop speaking to be able to deliver his line next and that totally ruins the flow of the story. It's a weird mix with the acting, it's as if they just picked people from the street and filmed stuff just because. Some dialogues are actually funny in a good way but then the amateur delivery almost ruins them completely. The hitchiker and the waitress are really good but then other actors are so bad that they ruin everything. Although I bet much is to blame on the director too. This is really a weird movie. There's some weird twin peaks vibe to it as if this is trying to be some David lynch movie but nothing works. The movie has a cool soundtrack but once again there are so many songs in this stuff that many times I was wondering if the movie was just made to showcase some cool indie bands material and not to tell the story, because even the songs tend to stall time because there's plenty of sequences in this where the story actually stops to give room for the songs to be played to illustrate pointless narrative points. So overall is this a terrible indie movie? It's bad but it's not terrible although I felt that it's necessary to pull this rating down a bit to realistic levels as I'm sure there will be plenty of people which will be fooled by the unreal 8, 9, 10 ratings. At best this deserves a 3 for the effort but that's it. It's the first time I say this about a movie on IMDb but it really feels like the excellent reviews were just planted here by the filmmakers, family and friends. Don't be fooled.

The IMDB reviews for this one are so odd - so... suspiciously positive. I watch a lot of movies... A lot. Mostly horror, thriller... The indies and the unknowns, too. Covid has sharted out a lot of bad stuff over the last year and a half while major studios held back a lot of their premiere titles; so I got very familiar with looking for lower-budget gems during that time... You can imagine how much trash I've watched and sat through. With that in mind, know that I created an account here at IMDB just to post a review of this particular movie so I could at least tailor a realistic representation that'll sit alongside the suspiciously fake looking glowing reviews and laughably high rating for a movie this bad... The movie is cheap. Like art-house cheap. I laughed out loud at the very first scene in the movie - which looked like it was filmed in a basement with red flashlights... so I can't say I didn't see what was coming. The premise is ok and Tony Todd is a plus; but besides him none of the characters are relatable or likeable. The acting is mediocre at best (though I do like Tony it's not his best work either). The movie goes nowhere. It slides in and out of coherence and becomes nearly nonsensical by the time you're 3/4 into it... and by then you're praying for the credits and wishing you'd picked a better movie to watch while at the same time wondering how you got 3/4 the way into a movie this bad. After it ended I reflected on the fact that some very suspect-looking user reviews on this site definitely contributed to my watching this movie - there are numerous 10/10 reviews... in reality - Was it bad enough to actually create an IMDb account to pan this movie? Would appear so.

This movie is horrible. The acting is horrible. The Camera is horrible. The script is horrible. Must be the actors writing the score! Warning!!!

The plot might be good, but the way it was done is bad.

The first few ratings of this film are. It from the public. They must be from the producers to try and get you to watch this garbage. It's probably one of the worst films I have ever seen 😠 Poor acting Poor script Absolute rubbish. Trust me.

I want to give a shout out to Andy Stapp on his new film Destination Marfa. After years of work your vision is finally finished and has become a reality (wait... what is reality) Very cool sci-fi film, I loved it. Need to watch it again soon. The plot twist has me thinking I'll see more next time. Congratulations on all the awards and the film festival selections 🎉 If you like the twilight zone, you will definitely enjoy this. Chek it out on Amazon prime, vudu, dish, on demand or pick up a copy at Walmart. Huge round of applause for Tony Todd, Stelio Savante and the entire cast/crew, everyone was great.